Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 150 VII

Recently, Xue Guoguan has focused his energy on making money for Chongzhen, trying every means to open up financial resources, and the cabinet is not Shuntian Mansion after all, so he has paid less attention to the price of the capital recently.

After a few attendants came in and talked about the price of grain and other related goods, Xue Guoguan sat in the chair with a face sinking like water.

Seeing him like this, the emissary from Dongchang consciously fulfilled his mission, smiled sinisterly, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Ge, our family is leaving. I hope Mr. Ge will stabilize prices as soon as possible, otherwise..."

"Well, the old man knows about the great affairs of this country, please tell your companion, and please rest assured."

At this time, Xue Guoguan was still holding on to his old airs, the emissary bowed, sneered, turned around and left.

According to the meaning of this envoy, it is best to report the price of the capital directly regardless of Xue Guoguan's life or death.

He came here under the order of Admiral Wang Huamin, the eunuch of the East Factory. Jin Yiwei's editorial authority was already very small, almost zero, and Tiqi, who was still very prestigious in Wanli and Tianqi Dynasty, was nowhere to be seen in Chongzhen Dynasty.

This is due to Zhou Yanru's proposal. The factory guard's investigative power was banned under the proposal of this Donglin party member. Afterwards, the civil servants corrupted so much that the emperor lost even the last means of supervision. Of course, Chongzhen thought that The members of the Donglin Party are all ministers and can be trusted, so there is no need for supervision at all... Well, this perspective is very interesting, very interesting.

Of course, factory guards are centipedes, dead but not stiff. There are still some secret agents whose main job is to investigate officials and generals in the capital. There is also a tradition that has been passed down for more than a hundred years, which is to monitor prices in the capital.

This tradition may have been passed down during the Yongle period, and it has not been abolished anyway.In addition to prices, of course, there are ordinary people's evaluation of prices.

If the factory guard has trouble with someone, the public will definitely have a bad reputation as a high-ranking official, but this is to offend people to the death, and if the emperor doesn't believe it, the factory guard himself will be unlucky. It will not be used frequently, and it will not be used indiscriminately.

When they realized that the prices were wrong and the common people complained, although Wang Huamin and Xue Guoguan had no friendship, they still sent someone to make a point out of their responsibility for the political situation of Ming Dynasty.

Nine out of ten of Chongzhen's trusted eunuchs are bastards and incompetent, most of them can't even touch the corner of Wei Zhongxian's clothes, there is only one Wang Chengen, who is loyal and lacks a little bit of ability. However, many scholar-bureaucrats with birds on their legs are still really inferior to this eunuch.

As for this Wang Huamin, he was very close to Wang Cheng'en, and his integrity was acceptable. However, Xue Guoguan had offended him in a certain matter, and this person's willingness to send someone showed that the situation was serious.

Because of this, after hearing that Wang Huamin sent someone to warn him, Xue Guoguan took the matter seriously and did not dare to neglect it.

The rice grain of the capital has always been transported from the southern canal, and there is a warehouse of millions of stones in Tongzhou. It is said that the price of rice should not be high.But in the recent period of time, the prices of Shishu in Yuanping City, Fengtai and other places have not increased. The capital is supplied in large quantities every day, but the most basic food is increasing every day.

Now that one shiliang has risen to the price of four cents and five yuan, if it continues to rise, there will be a lot of scolding in the capital.